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==Fiction== | ==Fiction== | ||
===IDW Generation 1 continuity=== | ===IDW Generation 1 continuity=== | ||
Before they were sent into battle M.T.O.'s had to go through a ten-step educational program that ensured that they had sufficient knowledge. As the war progressed, this was eventually cut down eight steps, and then to just three: everything to do with Cybertron's culture was stripped out and the test merely checked if they could fit. A sarcastic [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] puts this down to callousness, the M.T.O.'s being seen as cannon fodder by High Command and not worth teaching to read. | Before they were sent into battle M.T.O.'s had to go through a ten-step educational program that ensured that they had sufficient knowledge. As the war progressed, this was eventually cut down eight steps, and then to just three: everything to do with Cybertron's culture was stripped out and the test merely checked if they could fit. A sarcastic [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] puts this down to callousness, the M.T.O.'s being seen as cannon fodder by High Command and not worth teaching to read. | ||
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Ammo (ten-steps) was constructed in response to an attack on K'th Kinsere, whilst Riptide (eight-steps) was constructed as a [[Hydrobot]] in response to an event called the [[Forced Flood]]. | Ammo (ten-steps) was constructed in response to an attack on K'th Kinsere, whilst Riptide (eight-steps) was constructed as a [[Hydrobot]] in response to an event called the [[Forced Flood]]. | ||
With members of the ''[[Lost Light]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s crew disappearing rapidly, [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] attempted to link the victims by method of construction. Despite it being unnecessary, Getaway revealed to everyone else present that he was a M.T.O., constructed in response to the [[Corcaspia Incursion]]. This prompted the other M.T.O.'s on the [[Rodpod]] (Ammo, Dipstick and Riptide) to reveal the events that led to their own creation. The number of M.T.O.'s on the ship made Nautica muse that a lot of Autobots owed their lives to Megatron. {{storylink|Twenty Plus One}} | With members of the ''[[Lost Light]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s crew disappearing rapidly, [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] attempted to link the victims by method of construction. Despite it being unnecessary, Getaway revealed to everyone else present that he was a M.T.O., constructed in response to the [[Corcaspia Incursion]]. This prompted the other M.T.O.'s on the [[Rodpod]] (Ammo, Dipstick and Riptide) to reveal the events that led to their own creation. The number of M.T.O.'s on the ship made Nautica muse that a lot of Autobots owed their lives to Megatron. {{storylink|Twenty Plus One}} | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
Revision as of 22:05, 24 August 2014
- M.T.O.'s or Made to Order Soldiers are a type of Transformer from the IDW portion of the Generation 1 continuity family
Made to Order Soldiers are soldiers who were constructed cold by Autobot High Command from a stockpile of sparks in response to several of Megatron's military campaigns. They are named after the military campaign that precipitated their creation.
Known M.T.O.'s include:
- Ammo
- Dipstick of Operation: Doom Patrol
- Getaway of the Corcaspia Incursion
- Riptide of Simanzian Dawn
- Scattergun of the Vorsk Offensive
| “ | Three steps, Nautica: "from thaw to war in under an hour." | ” |
—Skids, Twenty Plus One | ||
Fiction
IDW Generation 1 continuity
Before they were sent into battle M.T.O.'s had to go through a ten-step educational program that ensured that they had sufficient knowledge. As the war progressed, this was eventually cut down eight steps, and then to just three: everything to do with Cybertron's culture was stripped out and the test merely checked if they could fit. A sarcastic Skids puts this down to callousness, the M.T.O.'s being seen as cannon fodder by High Command and not worth teaching to read.
An M.T.O. is a hundred times more likely to have a mystical vision than any other Transformer; Ratchet attributes this to their senses being forced into action too early, neurologically running before they can walk.
Ammo (ten-steps) was constructed in response to an attack on K'th Kinsere, whilst Riptide (eight-steps) was constructed as a Hydrobot in response to an event called the Forced Flood.
With members of the Lost Light's crew disappearing rapidly, Nightbeat attempted to link the victims by method of construction. Despite it being unnecessary, Getaway revealed to everyone else present that he was a M.T.O., constructed in response to the Corcaspia Incursion. This prompted the other M.T.O.'s on the Rodpod (Ammo, Dipstick and Riptide) to reveal the events that led to their own creation. The number of M.T.O.'s on the ship made Nautica muse that a lot of Autobots owed their lives to Megatron. Twenty Plus One
Notes
- While getting his snark on, Skids talks about M.T.O's have a three-minute life expectency. This is probably an exaggeration.
